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granulomatous vasculitis
Thursday 12 August 2004
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Granulomatous vasculitis: possible case of granulomatosis with polyangitis (former Wegener disease)
In tumoral stroma : seminoma with florid granulomatous reaction including necrosis and granulomatous vasculitis
Microscopy
A vessel wall contains an infiltrate of lymphocytes, histiocytes and giant cells (granulomatous vasculitis).
Localization
pulmonary granulomatous vasculitis
cutaneous granulomatous vasculitis
Etiology
Wegener granulomatosis
Churg and Strauss arteritis
necrotizing sarcoidosis
Horton arteritis
Differential diagnosis
lymphomas
lymphomatoid granulomatosis
bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (bronchocentric granulomatosis )
fungal infections
mycobacterial infections
See also
granulomatous diseases
vasculitis / vasculitides
granulomatous inflammation / granulomatous infiltration
tumoral stroma
